[000:29:47;897] THE JACKSONVILLE BOMB WAS
[000:29:48;798] DISARMED.
[000:30:01;944] 
[000:30:03;079] PANAMANIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN ON
[000:30:04;080] MAXIMUM ALERT FOR DAYS.
[000:30:06;082] THERE HAVE BEENUMORS ALL 
[000:30:07;549] WEEK THAT THE 82ND AIRBORNE AT
[000:30:08;350] FORT BRAGG IS READY TO GO.
[000:30:09;385] FORT ORD IS REFUSING TO
[000:30:10;552] CONFIRM, OR DENY THAT THE 7TH
[000:30:11;687] INFANTRY HAS BEGUN TO LOCK AND
[000:30:12;789] LOAD AND HEAD TO THE ACTION.
[000:30:13;956] IT WILL CONFIRM THAT TROOPS
[000:30:14;991] ARE ENGAGED IN QUOTE
[000:30:16;092] AN"EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT
[000:30:17;126] TRAINING EXERCISE."
[000:30:19;796] BUT FORT ORD CLAIMS THOSE
[000:30:20;863] EXERCISES ARE HELD ONCE A
[000:30:21;831] MONTH.
[000:30:23;266] TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE SAYS
[000:30:24;433] NO PLANES ARE FLYING TONIGHT
[000:30:25;467] BECAUSE OF THICK FOG.
[000:30:26;568] C-141 TRANSPORT PLANES
[000:30:27;670] HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN LANDING
[000:30:28;537] C-141 TRANSPORT PLANES
[000:30:28;537] HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN LANDING
[000:30:28;537] EVERY TEN MINUTES IN PANAMA, 
[000:44:00;807] RACTICACA
[000:44:07;246] ON TTI,ER
[000:44:33;872] YOU NEED A PATIENT TO BE
[000:44:34;906] WITHOUT THA
[000:44:37;476] REPRESUJS.
[000:44:37;876] THERE ARE PROBLEMS.
[000:44:38;577] YOU HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE
[000:44:40;346] WHOSE BONE MARROW MATCHES
[000:44:41;747] THE
[000:44:42;981] DESTROY ITS OWN BONE
[000:44:45;251] MARROW.
[000:44:45;917] THEN THE DOCTORS DID A O
[000:44:47;653] WITH TREATMENT ERADICATE
[000:44:49;021] THE AIDS VIRUS.
[001:35:17;512] RKLE, WHAT ARE SOME OF
[001:35:18;980] THE CHARGES HE FACES IF
[001:35:21;616] FACT, THE U.S. FORCES
[001:35:22;984] MANAGE TO EXTRADITE HIM AND
[001:35:24;819] GET HIM INTO THE UNITED
[001:35:25;720] STATES?
[001:35:26;387] >> WELL, THE CIRCUMSTANCES
[001:35:29;624] HE MIGHT BE BROUGHT RIGHT
[001:35:31;359] BACK HE IS FACING TWO
[001:35:33;594] SEPARATE INDICTMENTS.
[001:35:34;462] IN TAMPA HE IS FACING
[001:35:37;598] CONSPIRACY.
[001:35:38;299] CONSPIRACY TO IMPORT
[001:35:39;200] MARIJUANA AND ALSO TOSS
[001:35:40;635] LAWNER DRUG MONEYS.
[001:35:41;435] HE IS ALSO FASTING DE PORE
[001:35:45;273] TAIGS.
[001:35:45;907] THESE CHARGES CARRY MAXIMUM
[001:35:48;209] PENALTY OF 35 YEARS IN
[001:35:49;577] PRISON.
[001:35:50;278] IN MIAMI HE IS FACING
[001:35:52;080] RACKETEERING CHARGES AND
[001:35:54;382] ADDITIONAL COUNTS.
[001:35:56;117] COMBINED HE IS FACING ONE
[001:36:00;254] CONVICTION, MORE TIME THAN
[001:36:01;589] HE HAS LEFT ON THIS EARTH.
[001:36:03;958] >> PLA RUBINO, YOU ARE ONE
[001:36:06;960] OF THE ATTORNEYS WHO
[001:36:09;196] REPRESENTS MANUEL NORIEGA'S
[001:36:10;097] INTERESTS HERE IN THE
[001:36:10;931] UNITED STATES.
[001:36:11;765] HAVE YOU OR YOUR OFFICES
[001:36:13;133] B-NS IN CONTACT WITH HIM OR
[001:36:14;935] ANY OF HIS OPERATIVES IN
[001:36:16;770] THE LAST DAY OR TWO?
[001:36:18;138] >> WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT
[001:36:19;840] WITH HIS OFFICERS DURING
[001:36:21;341] THE NIGHT AS THIS THING HAS
[001:36:25;012] PROGREECEED.
[001:36:25;445] >> WHAT INFORMATION HAVE
[001:36:27;114] THEY BEEN ABLE TO GIVE YOU?
[001:36:28;949] >> JUST ABOUT THE INVASION
[001:36:30;417] AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
[001:36:31;318] THE STREETS OF PANAMA.
[001:36:35;155] DO THEY KNOW NORIEGA'S
[001:36:38;425] LOCATION?
[001:36:38;826] DID YOU >> I NEVER ASKED OR
[001:36:41;028] INQUIRED.
[001:36:41;695] I JUST INQUIRED AS TO THE
[001:36:43;263] SAFETY.
[001:36:43;630] >> WHAT WAS THE INFORMATION
[001:36:44;965] THEY GAVE YOU ABOUT THAT?
[001:36:46;333] >> THEY ADVISED ME HE IS
[001:36:48;635] WELL AND ON TOP OF THE
[001:36:51;038] SITUATION.
[001:36:51;438] >> ON TOP OF THE SITUATION?
[001:36:53;040] DO YOU KNOW IF HE IS IN THE
[001:36:54;507] VICINITY OF PANAMA CITY OR
[001:36:56;009] DO YOU THINK HE MIGHT BE IN
[001:36:58;278] COUNTRY SOMEWHERE?
[001:36:59;113] >> I HAVE NO IDEA OF HIS
[001:37:01;982] WHEREABOUTS.
[001:37:02;415] >> DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY
[001:37:03;683] INDICATION AS TO WHETHER OR
[001:37:05;052] NOT HE MIGHT TRY TO FLEE
[001:37:07;387] THE COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE
[001:37:09;289] OF THE U.S. TROOPS THAT
[001:37:10;758] HAVE SEEMED TO HAVE
[001:37:13;059] BASICICALLY EFFECTIVELY
[001:37:14;026] CLOSED OFF MOST OF THE
[001:37:15;828] RESISTANCE THERE?
[001:37:16;696] >> NO, THERE WAS NO
[001:37:18;498] INDICATION AS TO THE
[001:37:19;399] GENERAL FLEEING THE
[001:37:20;767] COUNTRY.
[001:37:21;501] IT APPEARS HE WOULD BE
[001:37:22;869] TRYING TO REGROUP THIN
[001:37:24;237] THE COUNTRY.
[001:37:25;004] >> MR. MERKLE LET ME ASK
[001:37:27;340] YOU OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT
[001:37:29;242] NORIEGA.
[001:37:29;909] WHO DO YOU BELIEVE HE TO BE
[001:37:32;746] IN CONTACT WITH AND --
[001:37:35;014] IN TERMS OF HIS
[001:37:36;783] RELATIONSHIPS WITH DRUG
[001:37:38;117] RUNNERS AND DRUG LORDS?
[001:37:41;321] >> WELL, THE OLGSS AGAINST
[001:37:46;393] HIM, WHICH HAVE BEEN
[001:37:49;763] PUBLICLY DISSEMINATED
[001:37:51;164] INDICATE THAT HIS CONTACTS
[001:37:52;932] HAVE BEEN WITH THE
[001:37:55;034] LEADERSHIP OF THE CARTEL,
[001:37:59;673] PARTICULARLY THE O JOAS.
[001:38:02;141] IF HE IS MAINTAINING THOSE
[001:38:04;477] CONTACTS, ASSUMING THE
[001:38:05;745] LEADERS OF THE CARTEL ARE
[001:38:07;580] COPING WITH THEIR OWN
[001:38:08;515] SITUATION IN COLUMBIA AND
[001:38:10;016] ABLE TO MAINTAIN A LIAISON
[001:38:11;851] WITH MR. NORIEGA, I WOULD
[001:38:13;286] ASSUME THAT IS WHO HE WOULD
[001:38:15;188] TRY TO DEAL WITH.
[001:38:16;022] THAT IS AN A SUM SHUN ON MY
[001:38:19;192] PART.
[001:38:19;959] >> IN THE DAYS AND TIMES
[001:38:22;295] WERE INVOLVED IN GETTING
[001:38:23;729] HIM INDICTED WAS THERE EVER
[001:38:25;198] A FEAR THAT HE MIGHT TRY
[001:38:27;099] AND FLEE THE COUNTRY AND
[001:38:28;067] WHERE DID YOU BELIEVE HE
[001:38:30;269] MIGHT END UP IF HE DID TRY
[001:38:31;670] TO DO SO?
[001:38:32;972] >> I DIDN'T FEAR HIM
[001:38:34;740] FLEEING THE COUNTRY.
[001:38:35;574] IF THAT WERE THE SEN NATURE
[001:38:37;944] YO THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIS
[001:38:39;812] CAPTURE AND EXTRADITION
[001:38:43;549] WOULD BE GREAT.
[001:38:44;416] MY GREATEST FEAR WAS THAT A
[001:38:47;253] NEGOTIATED DEAL WOULD BE
[001:38:48;620] MADE WHERE THE INDICTMENTS
[001:38:50;489] WOULD BE DISMISSED AND HE
[001:38:52;258] WOULD BE ALLOWED TO NOT
[001:38:55;127] FLEE BUT ENJOY THE REDLIGHT
[001:38:57;463] HE AS ACQUIRED AS A RESULT
[001:39:00;199] OF THE DRUG TIFKS.
[001:39:02;201] >> CAN YOU PUT A DOLLAR AND
[001:39:04;470] SENSE OF VALUE ON IT AND
[001:39:05;905] CAN YOU DESCRIBE SOME OF
[001:39:08;207] THE WAYS HE MAY HAVE COME
[001:39:10;142] ACROSS ALL THIS MONEY?
[001:39:11;577] >> WE ANNOUNCED THE DIRMTS
[001:39:14;080] IN MIAMI AND TAMPA ON
[001:39:15;915] FEBRUARY 5, 1988.
[001:39:18;184] I BELIEVE THE PRESS
[001:39:20;419] REPORTED, AND THAT'S ALL I
[001:39:21;854] WILL SAY, THE PRESS
[001:39:23;589] REPORTED APPROXIMATELY $27
[001:39:25;023] MILLION WERE TRANSFERRED
[001:39:27;759] FROM NORIEGA ACCOUNTS IN A
[001:39:30;595] CERTAIN BANK IN EUROPE ON
[001:39:31;930] FEBRUARY 8, WHICH WOULD
[001:39:33;298] HAVE BEEN THE NEXWORKING
[001:39:35;600] BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE
[001:39:36;968] INDICTMENTS WERE ANNOUNCED.
[001:39:38;503] IF THAT IS CORRECT, THAT
[001:39:40;372] GIVES AN INDICATION OF THE
[001:39:41;339] TYPE OF WELT HE HAS AT HIS
[001:39:43;708] DISPOSAL WHICH IS MORE THAN
[001:39:46;077] A POORLY PAID GENERAL OR
[001:39:48;413] CIVIL SERVANT WOULD EARN IN
[001:39:49;881] HIS LIFETIME.
[001:39:50;715] I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE
[001:39:51;749] TIP OF THE ICE BEARING.
[001:39:53;551] GOING BEYOND THAT FIGURE I
[001:39:54;519] WOULD HAVE TO SPECULATE.
[001:39:56;421] >> CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE
[001:39:58;756] OF A SCENARIO ABOUT HOW HE
[001:40:00;691] MADE THAT MONEY?
[001:40:02;027] >> I CAN TELL YOU FIRST OF
[001:40:04;329] ALL IT IS A MATTER OF
[001:40:07;098] PUBLIC RECORD THAT HE IS
[001:40:08;934] INDICTED IN TAMPA AND
[001:40:11;269] CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING OVER
[001:40:13;671] $1 MILLION JUST FOR THE
[001:40:15;640] COURTESY OF ALLOWING AN
[001:40:18;043] AMERICAN DRUG TRAFFICING
[001:40:19;010] ORGANIZATION TO FACILITATE
[001:40:22;180] DRUG SHIPMENTS THROUGH
[001:40:24;082] PANAMA.
[001:40:24;849] BASICICALLY KICKBACKS,
[001:40:26;717] PAYMENTS OF CASH DIRECTLY
[001:40:28;153] TO HIM, FA SILTATION OF
[001:40:29;988] DEPOSITS OF DRUG MONEYS
[001:40:32;723] INTO PANAMANIAN BUSINESSES
[001:40:33;758] IN WHICH HE OWNED AN
[001:40:35;560] INTEREST, AS WELL AS
[001:40:37;762] PANAMANIAN BANKS.
[001:40:38;295] IT IS NO SECRET THAT DRUG
[001:40:40;030] TRAFFICING ON THE SCALE
[001:40:41;432] THAT MR. NORIEGA IS ALLEGED
[001:40:42;967] TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN IS
[001:40:44;936] AN IMMENSELY LUCRATIVE
[001:40:46;370] BUSINESS.
[001:40:46;771] THE PICTURE IS CLEAR AS TO
[001:40:48;172] HOW HE WOULD EERN THAT
[001:40:51;375] MONEY.
[001:40:51;709] >> MR. RUBINO, AS ONE OF
[001:40:55;245] MR. NORIEGA'S ATTORNEYS,
[001:40:57;715] AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
[001:41:01;018] ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE
[001:41:01;919] LEDGE, BUT DOES HE SAY
[001:41:03;754] PUBLICLY THAT HE IS WRONGLY
[001:41:05;690] ACCUSE -PD RED OF THOSE AK
[001:41:08;459] INDICATIONS?
[001:41:08;893] >> AS IS AND HAS ALWAYS
[001:41:11;529] BEEN OUR POLICY, AND OUR
[001:41:13;364] STRONG FEELINGS, BASICALLY
[001:41:15;733] WHAT HAPPENED IS THE UNITED
[001:41:16;734] STATES GOVERNMENT IN ITS
[001:41:18;503] NEVER ENDING EFFORTS TO
[001:41:21;338] OVERTHROW GOVERNMENTS
[001:41:22;707] AROUND THE WORLD HAS COME
[001:41:23;641] OUT OF THE CLOSET AND
[001:41:25;442] INSTEAD OF DOING IT BY
[001:41:27;344] COVERT MEANS THEY FEEL THEY
[001:41:28;846] CAN INDICT THE LEADERS OF
[001:41:30;247] FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FOR
[001:41:31;582] CRIMES THEN JUSTIFY USING
[001:41:33;551] MILITARY FORCE TO OVERTHROW
[001:41:35;486] THE GOVERNMENT.
[001:41:35;987] IT IS OUR POSTURE THAT THIS
[001:41:37;922] INDICTMENT IS NOTHING MORE
[001:41:38;922] THAN A POLITICAL TOOL WHERE
[001:41:41;325] IN THE DISTRICT COURT
[001:41:42;226] SYSTEM IS BEING USED AS AN
[001:41:44;028] ARM OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT
[001:41:46;530] TO OVER THROW A FOREIGN
[001:41:47;964] GOVERNMENT.
[001:41:48;399] >> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND.
[001:41:50;134] >> GO AHEAD MR. MERKLE .
[001:41:53;370] >> THOSE COMMENTS ARE IR
[001:41:55;739] RESPONSIBLE.
[001:41:56;240] MR. RUBINO IS PAID BY
[001:41:58;308] NORIEGA TO MAKE THOSE SORT
[001:42:00;110] OF COMMENTS.
[001:42:00;911] THE INDICTMENTS WERE
[001:42:02;679] RETURNED BY TWO SEPARATE
[001:42:05;516] FEDERAL GRAND JURIES
[001:42:06;350] COMPOSED OF ORDINARY
[001:42:09;086] CITIZENS.
[001:42:09;486] MR. RRR'S TASK IS TO 
[001:42:13;857] ATTEMPT TO DISCREET SOME
[001:42:15;159] SORT OLEGAL ISSUE WHEREBY
[001:42:17;094] HIS CLIENT CAN BEAT THE
[001:42:20;364] WRAP.
[001:42:20;697] >> IT IS CORRECT I AM BEING
[001:42:22;966] PAID BY NORIEGA JUST AS MR.
[001:42:25;835] MERKLE IS PAID BY THE
[001:42:27;204] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS
[001:42:28;172] THE TIME THESE INDICTMENTS
[001:42:29;206] CAME OUT.
[001:42:29;839] >> I WAS PAID A LOT LESS I
[001:42:32;809] SUGGEST.
[001:42:33;177] >> MR. NORIEGA'S GREATEST
[001:42:35;712] FEAR WAS WHAT IN ALL OF
[001:42:37;614] THIS, MR. RUBINO DO YOU
[001:42:39;049] THINK HIS GREATEST FEAR IS
[001:42:41;885] REALIZED NOW WITH THE
[001:42:42;786] TROOPS INVOLVED IN TRYING
[001:42:44;287] TO GET HIM OUT OF THE
[001:42:46;122] COUNTRY?
[001:42:46;755] >> MR. NORIEGA'S GREATEST
[001:42:49;092] FEAR WAS THE DESTRUCTION OF
[001:42:50;826] HIS COUNTRY BY THE UNITED
[001:42:52;261] STATES GOVERNMENT WHICH
[001:42:53;129] THEY HAVE ACHIEVED.
[001:42:54;397] THEY DESTROYED IT
[001:42:55;664] ECONOMICALLY AND
[001:42:56;532] POLITICALLY EARLIER.
[001:42:57;400] NOW THEY LEVELED IT TO THE
[001:42:58;834] GROUND.
[001:43:00;002] HIS GREATEST FEAR OCCURED.
[001:43:01;870] THEY DESTROYED HIS COUNTR.
[001:43:04;207] >> IN THE MIDDLE OF FREE
[001:43:05;708] ELECTIONS WHERE THE
[001:43:06;542] CITIZENS OF PANAMA VOTED BY
[001:43:08;944] A GREATER THAN 3-1 MARGIN
[001:43:12;248] TO OUST PEOPLE ASSOCIATED
[001:43:13;749] WITH MR. NORIEGA IT WAS
[001:43:15;050] NORIEGA WHO TOOK IT UPON
[001:43:16;519] HIMSELF TO DISAVOW THOSE
[001:43:19;922] ELECTIONS AND DESTROY A
[001:43:22;225] FREELY ELECTED DEMOCRACY.
[001:43:24;193] APPRECIATE YOU BOTH
[001:43:25;094] TAKING THE TIME TO CHAT
[001:43:26;028] WITH US.
[001:43:27;130] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[001:43:28;464] >> THANK YOU, SIR.
[001:43:30;199] >> WE CONTINUE COVERAGE OF
[001:43:31;667] U.S. TROOPS IN PANAMA THIS
[001:43:33;603] MORNING HOPEING FOR THE
[001:43:35;471] OUSTER OF MORGUE NORG.
[001:43:37;373] JOINING US FROM WASHINGTON
[001:43:39;708] IS AN EXPERT ON LATIN
[001:43:42;044] AMERICA FROM AMERICAN
[001:43:43;312] UNIVERSITY.
[001:43:43;746] THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
[001:43:44;913] >> GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.
[001:43:46;749] >> THE REACTION IS THE
[001:43:49;118] SOVIETS ARE AGAINST OUR
[001:43:50;019] BEING IN PANAMA THIS
[001:43:51;453] MORNING.
[001:43:51;819] ONE OF OUR GREATEST AL
[001:43:53;955] LIES, PRIME MINISTER
[001:43:54;722] THATCHER OF GREAT BRITAIN
[001:43:56;658] HAS SAID THAT'S WHAT
[001:43:58;460] FRIENDS ARE FOR AND SHE IS
[001:43:59;894] BEHIND THE ACTION TAKEN BY
[001:44:00;928] GEORGE BUSH OVERNIGHT.
[001:44:02;497] WE HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM
[001:44:04;432] ANYONE IN THE ORGANIZATION
[001:44:05;867] OF AMERICAN STATES.
[001:44:06;801] IN FACT, IF WE COULD WAIT A
[001:44:08;736] MOMENT AND WE WILL CONTINUE
[001:44:10;172] OUR CONVERSATION, BUT THERE
[001:44:11;640] ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
[001:44:13;107] MILITARY OPERATION IN
[001:44:14;042] PANAMA.
[001:44:14;742] HERE IS DAN RATHER.
[001:44:16;077] >> THANK YOU, KATHLEEN.
[001:44:17;945] AS WE CONTINUE OUR COMBINED
[001:44:21;082] CBS SPECIAL COVERAGE AND
[001:44:24;252] CBS THIS MORNING THERE IS A
[001:44:26;154] DEVELOPMENT FOR WHICH WE GO
[001:44:28;056] TO JUAN VASQUEZ.
[001:44:31;626] >> ARMED MEN HAVE RETURNED
[001:44:33;127] TO THE MARRIOTT HOTEL ABOUT
[001:44:35;129] 2O MINUTES AGO AND TOOK TWO
[001:44:37;965] JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING ONE
[001:44:38;933] FROM CBS.
[001:44:39;634] THEY ALSO TOOK THE
[001:44:41;403] MANAGERER OF THE HOTEL
[001:44:43;238] BECAUSE THEY SAID HE WAS
[001:44:44;706] HARBORING AMERICANS IN THE
[001:44:46;541] HOTEL.
[001:44:46;874] THEY TOOK THE ASSISTANT
[001:44:48;577] MANAGER.
[001:44:49;143] THE MANAGER IS OUT OF THE
[001:44:51;012] COUNTRY.
[001:44:51;379] THEY SAID, ACCORDING TO
[001:44:53;114] PEOPLE WHO TALKED TO THEM,
[001:44:54;148] THAT --
[001:44:58;086] JUST A MOMENT.
[001:44:59;821] THEY SAID THAT --
[001:45:01;222] ACCORDING TO SOMEONE WHO IS
[001:45:02;656] EXPLAINING IT TO ME NOW,
[001:45:04;491] THAT THERE IS A WAR AGAINST
[001:45:05;927] THE UNITED STATES AND ALL
[001:45:07;328] THE AMERICANS ARE ENEMIES
[001:45:10;031] AND THAT'S WHEN THEY TOOK
[001:45:11;465] THESE PEOPLE.
[001:45:12;166] THEY ALSO SAID NECESSITY
[001:45:13;634] WOULD BE BACK TO THE HOTEL.
[001:45:15;136] THIS IS THE SECOND TIME
[001:45:16;104] THAT THE HOTEL HAS BEEN
[001:45:19;373] TERRORIZED IN THE LAST
[001:45:20;241] EIGHT HOURS OR SO.
[001:45:21;209] >> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
[001:45:22;676] DO YOU HAVE THE NAMES OF
[001:45:24;946] THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE
[001:45:27;181] TAKEN?
[001:45:28;783] TWO OF THE JOURNALISTS
[001:45:31;485] WERE TAKEN WHERE JOHN
[001:45:35;422] NEYERSON OF CBS NEWS, A
[001:45:38;692] PROUR AND ROBERT OF ABC
[001:45:42;429] NEWS, A PROUR.
[001:45:43;164] >> DO WE KNOW WHO TOOK THEM
[001:45:45;399] OUT?
[001:45:45;733] >> THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE
[001:45:47;601] ARMED MEN, IN CIVILIAN
[001:45:50;905] CLOTHES.
[001:45:51;272] AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THEM
[001:45:54;275] --
[001:45:54;541] PEOPLE WHO SAW THEM THINK
[001:45:55;843] THEY MIGHT BE MEMBERS OF
[001:45:57;344] THE MILITARY.
[001:45:58;146] THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY
[001:45:59;914] THEMSELVES IN ANYWAY.
[001:46:02;182] >> WE ALL KNOW THAT WAR IS
[001:46:04;251] CONFUSING TO COVER.
[001:46:05;986] ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A
[001:46:07;387] DECLARED WAR, IT IS A
[001:46:09;689] LARGE-SCALE MILITARY
[001:46:10;590] OPERATION.
[001:46:10;991] THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
[001:46:13;493] MILITARY JOINT CHIEFS OF
[001:46:15;295] STAFF DESCRIBED IT AS A
[001:46:18;064] MOP-UP OPERATION.
[001:46:19;332] OUR AUDIENCE MAY SHARE OUR
[001:46:20;867] CONFUSION ABOUT WHY THE MAR
[001:46:23;136] YOTS HOTEL, ONE OF THE
[001:46:24;171] LARGEST IN PANAMA CITY, HAS
[001:46:26;173] NOT BEEN SECURED BY THE
[001:46:27;607] MILITARY OPERATION OR HAS
[001:46:28;909] IT BEEN CONSIDERED SECURE
[001:46:30;310] UP UNTIL THIS TAKING, THIS
[001:46:34;080] TAKING, KIDNAPPING, IF WE
[001:46:35;515] COULD CALL IT THAT?
[001:46:40;287] >> WELL, WE HAVE SEEN
[001:46:42;122] HELICOPTERS THE AREA.
[001:46:42;989] AND WE KNOW THERE HASS BEEN
[001:46:44;825] SOME SHOOTING IN THE VI SIN
[001:46:46;693] TI OF THE MARRIOT HOTEL.
[001:46:48;461] WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY
[001:46:49;830] AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
[001:46:51;064] IT HAS DEFS NITLY NOT BEEN
[001:46:52;498] SECURED, IN THE SENSE THAT
[001:46:53;433] ANYBODY WITH A GAUN CAN
[001:46:55;268] COME IN HERE AND --
[001:46:57;137] >> EXCUSE ME.
[001:46:59;272] >> -- AND KEEP PEOPLE AT
[001:47:01;174] GUN POINT.
[001:47:01;975] >> JUAN, I'M NOT SURE YOU
[001:47:03;877] CAN SEE IT.
[001:47:04;610] THESE ARE R-T FIRST
[001:47:06;379] PICTURES COMING IN FROM
[001:47:08;214] PANAMA CITY OF LAST NIGHT'S
[001:47:10;115] ACTION.
[001:47:10;483] THIS IS UNEDITED VIDEOTAPE
[001:47:13;653] BEING SENT UP SAT LIETD
[001:47:15;855] FROM PANAMA CITY.
[001:47:17;122] THIS IS AROUND H HOUR, THE
[001:47:19;925] KICKOFF HOUR, THE OFFICIAL
[001:47:22;194] KICKOFF HOUR FOR THE
[001:47:23;563] MILITARY OPERATION.
[001:47:24;897] LET'S LISTEN AND SEE IF
[001:47:26;666] THERE IS ANY SOUND ON THIS.
[001:47:33;072] YOU CAN HEAR AIRCRAFT AND
[001:47:34;907] GUNFIRE IN E DISTANCE.
[001:47:38;544] >> THIS IS INSIDE THE
[001:47:40;380] MARRIOT HOTEL.
[001:47:41;113] THIS IS INSIDE THE MARRIOT
[001:47:43;315] HOTEL WHERE THE EMPLOYEES
[001:47:44;717] R-S SLEEPING.
[001:47:47;319] >> WHILE THIS WAS
[001:47:48;688] HAPPENING, A VERY LARGE
[001:47:51;491] U.S. MILITARY FORCE,
[001:47:52;859] INCLUDING NAVY SEALS AND
[001:47:57;029] RANGERS, 82ND AIR BORN, A
[001:47:58;598] WIDE VARIETY U.S. MARINES
[001:48:00;833] WERE MAKING THEIR ATTACK ON
[001:48:03;235] PANAMANIAN FORCES.
[001:48:04;437] THIS INCLUDED AIR COVER,
[001:48:05;872] ALTHOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT TO
[001:48:07;239] TELL WHETHER THIS IS A GUN
[001:48:09;975] SHIP OR TRANSPORT SHIP
[001:48:12;278] COMING IN.
[001:48:13;012] AS DAVID MARTIN POINTED OUT
[001:48:14;514] SOMETIMES THESE VERY LARGE
[001:48:16;248] TRANSPORT SHIPS ARE USED AS
[001:48:18;117] SOME KIND OF GUN SHIP.
[001:48:19;351] IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE IF
[001:48:20;752] THEY ARE FIRING IN THESE
[001:48:22;087] PHOTOGRAPHS OR NOT.
[001:48:23;389] THIS W JUST AFTER DAWN
[001:48:24;423] THIS MORNING.
[001:48:26;091] AS THE U.S. MILITARY
[001:48:28;427] OPERATION BEGAN TO
[001:48:30;129] ESTABLISH A CONTROL.
[001:48:32;864] FIGHTING CONTINUES IN
[001:48:34;166] PANAMA.
[001:48:35;734] THE OFFICIAL TOLL OF U.S.
[001:48:38;103] MILITARY CASUALTIES AT THE
[001:48:39;504] MOMENT STANDS AT NINE DEAD.
[001:48:43;208] 39 INJURED OR WOUNDED.
[001:48:49;014] HELICOPTER, GUN SHIPS, AND
[001:48:51;917] -- I WANT TO BE AS ACCURATE
[001:48:54;286] AS I CAN.
[001:48:54;987] WE ARE FLOT POSITIVE THESE
[001:48:56;822] ARE GUN SHIPS .
[001:48:58;457] THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE RUN
[001:49:00;292] EDITED.
[001:49:00;659] THIS IS THE THE BEST SCENE
[001:49:02;294] WE HAVE HAD OF THE U.S.
[001:49:04;529] MILITARY OPERATION.
[001:49:05;364] THIS PARTICULAR SCENE ,
[001:49:09;768] THIS IS U.S. TROOPS LANDING
[001:49:11;703] AT OLD PANAMA.
[001:49:12;938] DIFFICULT TO TELL WHETHER
[001:49:13;905] THEY ARE RARMY OR MARINES,
[001:49:16;141] LANDING AT THAT OLD PANAMA.
[001:49:17;977] YOU CAN SEE SMOKE IN THE
[001:49:19;377] DISTANCE.
[001:49:20;078] >> THIS IS JUST A FEW HOURS
[001:49:21;512] AGO.
[001:49:22;580] >> THIS WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS
[001:49:24;815] AGO, JUAN VAS KEZ SAYS.
[001:49:30;521] DAYLIGHT CAME SAND AMERICAN
[001:49:31;856] TROOPS SECURING ROADS AND
[001:49:33;691] BRIDGES.
[001:49:35;759] PANAMA IS A SMALL COUNTRY
[001:49:38;662] AND PANAMA CITY IS A
[001:49:39;998] COMPARE TIFLY SMALL CITY BY
[001:49:43;734] WORLD STANDARDS.
[001:49:45;069] LET'S KEEP IN MIND WHAT A
[001:49:46;937] DIFFICULT AND LARGE
[001:49:48;706] OPERATION THIS IS.
[001:49:51;775] HELICOPTERS JUST AT DAWN,
[001:49:52;676] AS YOU CAN SEE.
[001:49:55;513] THE U.S. ATTACK BEGAN AT
[001:49:58;716] ABOUT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT
[001:50:00;584] EASTERN TIME.
[001:50:01;785] EARLY ELEMENTS IN THE
[001:50:03;488] ATTACK STARTED EARLIER THAN
[001:50:04;822] THAT.
[001:50:05;156] BUT THE OFFICIAL MARK TIME
[001:50:06;391] FOR THE ATTACK WAS 1:00
[001:50:08;659] A.M. EASTERN TIME.
[001:50:09;894] HEAVIEST FIGHTING OCCURRED
[001:50:12;196] BETWEEN 1:00 A.M. AND 4:00
[001:50:14;565] A.M. EASTERN TIME.
[001:50:15;833] THESE PICTURES TAKEN AS
[001:50:17;635] DAYLIGHT CAME.
[001:50:18;802] AND THOSE PARTICULAR
[001:50:21;072] HELICOPTERS APPEAR TO BE
[001:50:21;939] TROOP CARRYING HELICOPTERS.
[001:50:25;142] >> THIS WAS IN THE VI SIN
[001:50:26;910] TI OF THE EASTERN SIDE OF
[001:50:28;245] THE CITY IN THE VI SIN TI
[001:50:29;579] OF THE MARRIOT HOTEL.
[001:50:38;655] THIS IS -- EXCUSE ME, DAN.
[001:50:41;525] >> PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
[001:50:43;326] >> THAT WAS IN THE GENERAL
[001:50:45;595] AREA -- APPARENTLY WE'VE
[001:50:47;397] LOST THE PICTURE.
[001:50:48;231] THE LAST PICTURES WE SAW
[001:50:50;500] WERE AMERICANS MOVING INTO
[001:50:53;303] THE GENERAL AREA OF ALL OF
[001:50:55;138] THE PANAMANIAN MILITARY
[001:50:57;874] INSULATIONS LOCATED BETWEEN
[001:50:58;741] THE MARRIOT AND THE
[001:51:00;477] INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
[001:51:02;245] >> WE MAY GET SOME MORE
[001:51:04;581] PICTURES AS WE ARE GRIFG
[001:51:05;949] OUR VIEWERS THE RAW
[001:51:08;218] VIDEOTAPE, RAW IN THE SENSE
[001:51:09;586] IT HASN'T BEEN EDITED.
[001:51:12;655] NOW, TO REVIEW WHERE WE ARE
[001:51:15;592] R-RX WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE
[001:51:17;394] DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS GOING
[001:51:18;428] ON.
[001:51:19;062] THE PRELIMINARY CASUALTY
[001:51:20;863] TOLL, IT IS EARLY AND CAN
[001:51:22;199] BE EXPECTED TO RISE,
[001:51:24;000] PERHAPS GO UP QUITE A BIT.
[001:51:26;402] IN THE U.S. MILITARY ATTACK
[001:51:29;205] ON MANUEL NORIEGA, IS NINE
[001:51:31;006] AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL
[001:51:32;374] KILLED IN ACTION, 39
[001:51:35;043] WOUNDED, ONCE MISSING.
[001:51:36;378] AT LEAST 5O PANAMANIANS ARE
[001:51:38;314] KNOWN TO BE DEAD.
[001:51:39;115] THE TOLL AMONG PANAMANIANS
[001:51:40;549] A WIDELY TO BE BELIEVED
[001:51:42;951] MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
[001:51:45;221] NORIEGA HIMSELF, HUNTED.
[001:51:47;523] REMAINS ON THE LOOSE.
[001:51:49;158] U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THAT
[001:51:51;127] WHILE THEY BELIEVE NORIEGA
[001:51:52;060] IS STILL INSIDE THE
[001:51:53;829] COUNTRY, THEY CAN'T BE
[001:51:54;663] CERTAIN OF THAT.
[001:51:56;365] DAVID MARTIN IS AT THE
[001:51:59;067] PENTAGON.
[001:51:59;668] DAVID?
[001:52:00;002] >> DAN, WATCHING THOSE
[001:52:02;771] PICTURES WITH YOU, THEY
[001:52:04;540] LOOK LIKE TROOP CARRYING
[001:52:07;343] HELICOPTERS TO ME.
[001:52:08;110] THE PLANES LOOKED LIKE
[001:52:11;813] C-13O TRANSPORT PLANES.
[001:52:12;981] AGAIN, A VERY SMALL IMAGE.
[001:52:14;617] I THINK IF THEY HAD BEEN
[001:52:16;918] GUN SHIPS, JUAN WOULD HAVE
[001:52:19;721] KNOWN IT FROM HIS VANTAGE
[001:52:21;624] POINT IN THE MARRIOT.
[001:52:22;924] THEY PUT OUT SUCH A HIGH
[001:52:24;393] RATE OF FIRE THEY ARE
[001:52:26;862] UNMISTAKEABLE.
[001:52:27;329] >> IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT AT
[001:52:28;564] SET WE ARE HAVING A REPLAY.
[001:52:30;533] >> WHAT WE HAVE IN BOTH
[001:52:33;702] THOSE CASES IS HELICOPTER
[001:52:36;004] TRANSPORT PLANES.
[001:52:36;638] I THINK THAT MAY BE
[001:52:38;006] SIGNIFICANT IN ONE SENSE,
[001:52:39;908] BECAUSE D-RBS-I GUESS WE
[001:52:41;209] ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING
[001:52:42;577] ELSE NOW.
[001:52:43;244] WE RE LOOKING AT MORE
[001:52:44;579] NIGHTTIME.
[001:52:44;980] >> THIS IS A REPLAY OF THE
[001:52:46;614] FOOTAGE WE SAW BEFORE.
[001:52:47;949] REARE RUNNING IT OVER,
[001:52:49;785] SINCE THESE ARE THE FIRST
[001:52:51;219] PICTURES WE'VE HAD.
[001:52:51;987] THIS IS NIGHTTIME,
[001:52:54;690] OVERLOOKING THE CITY.
[001:52:55;590] INSIDE THE MARRIOT HOTEL.
[001:52:58;393] GUESTS AND APPARENTLY OTHER
[001:53:00;862] PEOPLE TOOK REFUGE.
[001:53:01;697] THIS IS THE HOTEL FROM
[001:53:04;499] WHICH SOME HOSTAGES WERE
[001:53:05;867] TAKEN.
[001:53:06;534] AND VERY RECENTLY THAT TWO
[001:53:09;470] JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING JOHN
[001:53:10;438] MYERSOHN OF THE "CBS
[001:53:11;740] EVENING NEWS" HAD BEEN
[001:53:12;974] TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT HOTEL.
[001:53:15;643] THIS IS PART OF THE NAVAL
[001:53:18;146] OPERATION WHICH GENERAL
[001:53:19;014] POWELL MENTIONED IN SUPPORT
[001:53:20;415] OF THE U.S. ATTACK THIS
[001:53:22;184] MORNING.
[001:53:23;351] >> THERE GOES WHAT LOOKS TO
[001:53:26;621] ME LIKE A C-13O FROM THIS
[001:53:29;791]  ANGLE.
[001:53:30;558] PROBABLY JUST MAKING AN
[001:53:31;927] APPROACH INTO PERHAPS
[001:53:32;794] HOWARD OR THERE IS ANOTHER
[001:53:35;097] AIR BASE DOWN THERE,
[001:53:40;234] ALBROOK.
[001:53:40;601] >> YOU WERE MENTIONING
[001:53:42;336] HELICOPTER CARRYING
[001:53:43;170] AIRPLANES.
[001:53:43;838] A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
[001:53:45;239] KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT.
[001:53:46;673] WE HAVE TO HAVE TRANSPORT
[001:53:49;443] PLANES TO CARRY HELICOPTERS
[001:53:52;613] INTO PANAMA.
[001:53:53;380] >> I MEANT TO SAY TROOP
[001:53:55;182] CARRYING HELICOPTERS.
[001:53:56;083] THE POINT I WAS ABOUT TO
[001:53:57;384] MAKE, THERE IS NO
[001:53:58;219] INDICATION HERE THAT THESE
[001:54:00;387] o=HELICOPTERS WEg FIR1G.Ch
[001:54:02;656] ANTHAT IS, OF cCOURSE,
[001:54:04;859] FIRE FROM THE AIR IS THE
[001:54:07;094] MOST INDISCRIMINATE KIND OF
[001:54:08;796] FIRE.
[001:54:09;130] THE HARDERS TO KREEL.
[001:54:11;498] THE MOST LIKELY TO PRODUCE
[001:54:13;868] CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.
[001:54:15;136] FROM THESE PICTURES WE SEE
[001:54:16;637] KNOW EVIDENCE THAT U.S.
[001:54:17;972] TROOPS WERE FIRING FROM THE
[001:54:19;240] AIR.
[001:54:19;539] >> THIS IS THE SCENE OF AN
[001:54:21;308] OFF LOADING OPERATION FROM
[001:54:22;676] HELICOPTERS.
[001:54:23;377] YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
[001:54:25;179] TROOPS STRUGGLING OFFER THE
[001:54:26;113] SIDE OF THE HELICOPTERS.
[001:54:27;848] THIS IS A MODERN KA VAL RI
[001:54:30;284] OPERATION, IF YOU WILL.
[001:54:32;052] THE HELICOPTERS REPLACING
[001:54:33;087] THE HORSE TO CARRY TROOPS
[001:54:34;822] INTO SPOT DUTY.
[001:54:38;292] AND c;THIS IS AS DAYLIGHT
[001:54:40;161] CAME TO PANAMA THIS
[001:54:41;395] MORNING.
[001:54:44;364] THESE CBS NEWS PURCHASED
[001:54:45;299] PICTURES ARE THE FIRST WE
[001:54:46;600] HAVE HAD.
[001:54:47;301] AND WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD A
[001:54:49;569] CLANS TO EDIT HEM .
[001:54:51;037] -- THEM.
[001:54:51;672] YOU ARE SEEING THEM ON AS
[001:54:53;507] REPLAY AS THEY CAME IN.
[001:54:55;742] U.S. TROOPS SECURING ROADS
[001:54:57;577] AND BRIDGES IN AND AROUND
[001:55:00;914] PANAMA CITY.
[001:55:02;048] DAN, I MIGHT POINT OUT WE
[001:55:03;583] ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A
[001:55:05;452] A LOT MORE PICTURES AS THE
[001:55:06;420] DAY GOES ON.
[001:55:07;587] THE PENTAGON ACTIVATEED
[001:55:08;588] WHAT IS CALLED THE PENTAGON
[001:55:10;724] POOL.
[001:55:11;391] A NETWORK YUE WAS SENT DOWN
[001:55:15;261] LAST NIGHT AS THE INVASION
[001:55:18;064] BEGAN.
[001:55:18;398] I THINK THEY ARRIVED IN
[001:55:20;033] PANAMA AROUND 4:3O THIS
[001:55:22;001] MORNING.
[001:55:22;669] THEY HAVE A SATELLITE
[001:55:25;439] UPLINK.
[001:55:25;806] HOPEFULLY SOMETIME TODAY WE
[001:55:27;006] WILL SEE SOME PICTURES FROM
[001:55:28;542] THAT CREW AS WELL AS THE
[001:55:29;876] PICTURES WE ARE SEEING
[001:55:32;178] HERE.
[001:55:32;512] >> HOWEVER ONE MAY FEEL
[001:55:34;180] ABOUT THE OPERATION,
[001:55:36;015] PRESIDENT BUSH AND GENERAL
[001:55:37;384] POWELL AND OTHERS WILL BE
[001:55:40;119] COMPLIMENTED FOR TAKING
[001:55:41;955] ALONG CREWS.
[001:55:43;156] IT WAS THE CONTROVERSY OVER
[001:55:46;393] THE CON GRENADA OPERATION
[001:55:47;861] WHEN THEY DIDN'T TAKE ANY
[001:55:50;996] INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS
[001:55:52;498] WHATSOEVER.
[001:55:52;931] >> GENERAL POWELL WAS AT
[001:55:54;099] THAT TIME CASPER
[001:55:56;301] WEINBERGER, WAS HIS
[001:55:58;070] MILITARY ASSISTANT.
[001:56:00;773] MAYBE HE LEARNED THAT WAY.
[001:56:02;107] >> WELL, DAVID, THE PICTURE
[001:56:05;778] THAT ONE GETS FROM THE
[001:56:08;013] STILL SCATTERED REPORTS IS
[001:56:09;982] BEGINNING TO FORM, THE U.S.
[001:56:12;317] MILITARY NOT BEING ABLE TO
[001:56:14;186] LAUNCH A SURPRISE ATTACK,
[001:56:16;021] AT LEAST NOT TOTALLY
[001:56:17;356] SURPRISE, GOES TO THE MORE
[001:56:19;224] STANDARD U.S. MILITARY BOOK
[001:56:20;158] OF TRYING TO USE
[001:56:23;228] OVERWHELMING FORCE.
[001:56:23;796] IT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE
[001:56:25;865] REASONABLY WELL, PERHAPS
[001:56:26;766] VERY WELL, WITH THE
[001:56:28;967] POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE
[001:56:29;835] NUMBER ONE OBJECTION OF THE
[001:56:32;505] MISSION TO CAPTURE MANUEL
[001:56:34;874] NORIEGA, WHICH HASN'T BEEN
[001:56:35;808] ACCOMPLISHED.
[001:56:39;311] >> I THINK IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
[001:56:41;179] IN PEACETIME TO MOUNT ANY
[001:56:43;081] KIND OF SIZEABLE OPERATION
[001:56:45;484] AND COUNT ON ACHIEVING
[001:56:47;386] TOTAL SURPRISE.
[001:56:48;186] IN PEACETIME THERE IS NOT
[001:56:50;122] THE BACKGROUND NOISE OF
[001:56:52;124] MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN WHICH
[001:56:53;459] YOU CAN HIDE YOUR REAL
[001:56:55;327] MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
[001:56:56;161] WHAT YOU DO STICKS OUT LIKE
[001:56:58;130] A SORE THUMB.
[001:56:59;397] THE QUESTION OF NORIEGA, I
[001:57:01;299] THINK THERE IS A LOT MORE
[001:57:02;867] REPORTING THAT IS GOING TO
[001:57:03;868] HAVE TO BE DONE ON THIS.
[001:57:05;804] HOW CERTAIN THEY WERE OF
[001:57:07;238] GETTING HIM.
[001:57:08;440] THIS MORNING WHEN MAR LYNN
[001:57:10;408] FITS WATER FIRST GAVE THE
[001:57:12;744] OFFICIAL ACCOUNT, HE
[001:57:15;046] SOUNDED CONFIDENT THAT THEY
[001:57:16;448] HAD HIM IN THEIR SIGHTS
[001:57:17;849] WHEN THEY OPERATION
[001:57:20;117] STARTED.
[001:57:20;485] NOW SEVEN HOURS, EIGHT
[001:57:22;153] HOURS AFTER THE OPERATION
[001:57:23;955] STARTED WHEN SECRETARY
[001:57:26;157] CHENEY AND GENERAL POWELL
[001:57:28;059] GAVE THEIR PRESS CONFERENCE
[001:57:29;961] GENERAL POWELL WAS NOT SURE
[001:57:31;830] HE WAS IN THE COUNTRY OR
[001:57:33;264] COULD NOT SAY WITH
[001:57:34;599] CERTAINTY HE WAS STILL IN
[001:57:35;567] THE COUNTRY.
[001:57:36;835] SOMETHING FELL BETWEEN THE
[001:57:37;735] CRACKS HERE ON NORIEGA.
[001:57:39;203] I AM NOT SURE WHAT.
[001:57:40;538] >> IT WILL TAKE LONG TIME
[001:57:42;607] TO SORT THAT OUT.
[001:57:43;975] PRAPS THEY THOUGHT HE THAD
[001:57:45;910] GOOD INTELLIGENCE.
[001:57:46;744] WHATEVER ONE MAY THINK OF
[001:57:48;145] NORIEGA HE MAY BE AT THE
[001:57:49;547] TOP OF THE WORLD'S DRUG
[001:57:51;916] THUGS AND SCUMS BUT HE HAS
[001:57:53;885] A L-NG RECORD OF BEING A
[001:57:57;121] SLICK CAT.
[001:57:58;690] GENERAL POWELL TALKED ABOUT
[001:58:01;459] NORIEGA, AS SOME VIETNAMESE
[001:58:03;995] VILLAGE CHIEFS USED TO DO
[001:58:05;864] NEVER SLEPT MORE THAN THREE
[001:58:07;831] OR FOUR HOURS IN ONE PLACE
[001:58:09;800] RUNNING.
[001:58:10;167] IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO
[001:58:11;902] CATCH HIM.
[001:58:12;703] DO WE KNOW IF HE IS STILL
[001:58:14;671] IN THE COUNTRY?
[001:58:15;539] >> THAT IS WHAT JEN RALG
[001:58:17;508] POWELL SAID.
[001:58:18;742] I THINK THEY HAVE GOOD
[001:58:20;711] LEADS THEY ARE FOLLOWING ON
[001:58:22;213] TRYING TO LOCATE HIM.
[001:58:23;547] I BET THERE ARE HELICOPTERS
[001:58:26;450] CHECKING OUT LOCATIONS IN
[001:58:27;885] VARIOUS PARTS OF PANAMA.
[001:58:29;487] >> PRESIDENT BUSH FOLLOWED
[001:58:30;954] THE EARLY STAGES OF IF
[001:58:32;756] OPERATION AS IT WAS BEING
[001:58:35;092] LAUFRJD IN THE EARLY
[001:58:36;394] MORNING HOURS.
[001:58:37;594] IN THE LATE MORNING BEFORE
[001:58:39;063] DAWN HE TOOK A SHORT NAP.
[001:58:40;964] IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
[001:58:42;799] AFTER DAWN HE ADDRESSED THE
[001:58:46;337] NATION, HIS VOICE WAS
[001:58:48;705] HORSE, WHICH IS TO BE
[001:58:50;074] EXPECTED.
[001:58:50;774] HE HAD NOT, AS PRESIDENTS
[001:58:53;644] HAD BEEN DOING, HE HAD NOS
[001:58:56;347] USED A TELL E PROMPTER.
[001:58:58;282] HE USED A HAND COPE OF THE
[001:59:00;217] SPEECH.
[001:59:00;584] HE SAID THE DICTATORSHIP OF
[001:59:02;920] NORIEGA NOW WAS OVER.
[001:59:04;288] >> KEY MILITARY BE
[001:59:06;157] OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN
[001:59:07;458] ACHIEVEED.
[001:59:07;858] MOST ORGANIZED RESISTANCE
[001:59:09;226] HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.
[001:59:11;395] THE OPERATION IS NOT OVER
[001:59:13;664] YET.
[001:59:13;964] GENERAL NORIEGA IS IN
[001:59:16;033] HIDING AND NEVERTHELESS,
[001:59:17;901] YESTERDAY A DICTATOR RULED
[001:59:20;303] PANAMA AND TODAY
[001:59:23;040] CONSTITUTIONALLY ELECTED
[001:59:25;709] LEADERS GOVERN.
[001:59:27;510] >> THE PRESIDENT REFERRED
[001:59:29;846] THERE TO WHAT HE CALLED AS
[001:59:31;715] AN ELECTION IN PANAMA.
[001:59:33;516] THE FORMER UNITED STATES
[001:59:34;851] PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER
[001:59:36;152] JIMMY CARTER AMONG OTHERS
[001:59:38;455] WHO SAID NORIEGA THROUGH
[001:59:40;290] HIS BRU TALL STREET
[001:59:42;559] OPERATIVE STOLE THE
[001:59:43;894] ELECTION H WHAT THIS
[001:59:45;261] MILITARY OPERATION HAS
[001:59:46;162] DONE, THE PRESIDENT WAS
[001:59:47;064] REFERRING TO IT, IS
[001:59:48;899] INSTALL, AS THE RECOGNIZED
[001:59:50;333] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OF
[001:59:51;201] PANAMA, THOSE THAT THE
[001:59:52;135] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
[001:59:53;403] BELIEVES HONESTLY WON THE
[001:59:54;738] LAST ELECTION.
[001:59:56;006] PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS HE HAS
[001:59:57;407] ASKED THE U.S. SECRETARY OF
[001:59:58;942] THE TREASURY TO LIFT ALL
[002:00:00;376] ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST
[002:00:02;212] PANAMA.
[002:00:02;879] NOW, WE WILL KEEP YOU
[002:00:04;748] POSTED AS THE MORNING GOES
[002:00:06;717] ALONG ON DEVELOPMENTS AND
[002:00:09;052] ADDITIONAL PICTURE OF THE
[002:00:10;386] MILITARY ACTION AS WE GET
[002:00:11;755] THEM.
[002:00:12;388] NOW LET'S GO BACK TO
[002:00:14;758] KATHLEEN SULLIVAN.
[002:00:15;659] >> JOINING US NOW FROM
[002:00:17;494] WASHINGTON, D.C. IS
[002:00:20;229] SENATEOR WILLIAM COMPANY
[002:00:21;130] HEN ENOF MAINE.
[002:00:23;332] HOW ARE YOU?
[002:00:25;467] >> FINE.
[002:00:27;103] I RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT
[002:00:28;604] TWENTY MINUTES OF TWO FROM
[002:00:31;440] DIRECTOR BILL WEB SISTER
[002:00:33;275] VIZING ME THAT THE
[002:00:34;610] OPERATION HAS BEEN UNDER
[002:00:35;945] TAKEN.
[002:00:36;278] IT DIDNOT COME AS A
[002:00:37;980] COMPLETE SURPRISE.
[002:00:38;814] I HAD A MEETING SCHEDULED
[002:00:41;250] AT THE WHITE HOUSE
[002:00:42;084] YESTERDAY WHICH HAD TO BE
[002:00:43;986] CANCELED.
[002:00:44;754] MY SUSPICIONS WERE
[002:00:46;088] SOMETHING MAJOR WAS UNDER
[002:00:47;923] WAY.
[002:00:48;223] >> DID YOU TALK TO DIRECTOR
[002:00:50;926] WEB SISTER ABOUT THE
[002:00:53;262] INTELLIGENCE EFFORTS UNDER
[002:00:54;630] WAY IN PANAMA?
[002:00:55;965] DID HE KNOW ABOUT THE
[002:00:56;866] WHEREABOUTS OF NORIEGA?
[002:00:58;167] >> WE DID NOT DISCUSS THAT.
[002:01:00;536] HE INDICATED THE OPERATION
[002:01:03;305] WAS UNDER WAY AND THEY DID
[002:01:04;740] NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHERE
[002:01:06;142] NORIEGA WAS.
[002:01:07;276] IT WAS A BRIEF CONVERSATION
[002:01:08;711] AND JUST TELLING ME AND
[002:01:10;179] OTHER MEMBERS, PRAPS JUST
[002:01:11;547] THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
[002:01:13;382] INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WAS
[002:01:14;216] WAS GOING ON.
[002:01:15;484] >> DO YOU BELIEVE THE WHITE
[002:01:16;919] HOUSE WOULD HAVE UNDERTAKEN
[002:01:19;421] SUCH EFFORTS IF THEY DID
[002:01:20;790] NOT KNOW WHERE NORIEGA WAS?
[002:01:22;357] >> THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE WAS
[002:01:24;326] TO REMOVE HIM FROM POWER.
[002:01:26;662] TO APPREHEND HIM WAS ONE OF
[002:01:28;029] THE GOALS BUT THE MAJOR
[002:01:29;331] GOAL WAS TO REMOVE HIM FROM
[002:01:31;132] POWER AND ESTABLISH A
[002:01:34;403] DEMOCRATIC FORM OF
[002:01:35;737] GOVERNMENT.
[002:01:36;171] THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
[002:01:37;472] DONE.
[002:01:37;806] >> DO YOU THINK ALSO THAT
[002:01:39;508] --
[002:01:39;774] PRESIDENT BUSH IS SENDING A
[002:01:41;610] SIGNAL TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS
[002:01:44;012] AS HE IS LESS THAN TWO
[002:01:45;347] MONTHS AWAY FROM A MEETING
[002:01:47;282] IN COLUMBIA?
[002:01:48;116] >> I THINK THAT WAS PART OF
[002:01:50;352] IT.
[002:01:50;652] WE SEE A SITUATION IN WHICH
[002:01:53;021] PATIENCE IS NORMALLY
[002:01:53;955] REGARDED AS A VIRTUE.
[002:01:54;923] IT NEED NOT BE ETERNAL.
[002:01:57;359] PRESIDENT BUSH HAS BEEN
[002:01:58;694] VERY PATIENT AND CRITICIZED
[002:02:00;696] BY SOME FOR BEING SO.
[002:02:02;030] I THINK HE APPROACHED IT IN
[002:02:03;498] THE RIGHT FASHION.
[002:02:04;366] HERE THERE WAS A DRUG
[002:02:06;235] FACTOR INVOLVED.
[002:02:07;102] MORE IMPORTANTLY WAS THE
[002:02:08;036] FACT THAT THINGS APPEARED
[002:02:09;471] TO BE OUT OF CONTROL WITH
[002:02:10;839] THE KILLING OF ONE U.S.
[002:02:12;841] SERVICEMAN, OUR WOUNDING OF
[002:02:13;775] ONE OR TWO OF THEIRS, THE
[002:02:15;644] DANGER THIS WAS GOING TO BE
[002:02:17;512] A TIT FOR TAT AND ESCALATE
[002:02:19;948] OUT OF CONTROL.
[002:02:21;149] I THINK HE MOVED AT THE
[002:02:22;651] RIGHT TIME.
[002:02:23;418] >> WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED
[002:02:25;354] REPORTS ON THE SCENE FROM
[002:02:27;289] OUR REPORTER JUAN VASQUEZ
[002:02:29;124] THAT BOTH A CBS AND ABC
[002:02:31;893] NEWS PRODUCER HAVE BEEN
[002:02:33;261] TAKEN.
[002:02:33;928] THE HOTEL HAS NOT BEEN
[002:02:35;496] SECUREED.
[002:02:36;564] DO YOU FEEL U.S. CITIZENS
[002:02:38;499] ARE IN DANGER DESPITE THE
[002:02:41;369] FACT BUSH SAID HE WENT
[002:02:42;837] THERE TO PROTECT THEM?
[002:02:44;338] >> THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF
[002:02:46;207] DANGER TO JOURNALISTS,
[002:02:48;542] SOLDIERS AND AMERICANS WH
[002:02:49;878] ARE THERE.
[002:02:50;645] WE CANNOT GUARANTEE 100%
[002:02:53;114] PROTECTION.
[002:02:53;782] THE FIRST OBJECTIVE WAS TO
[002:02:55;283] TAKE ON THE MILITARY FORCES
[002:02:56;818] AND IN THE PROCESS SECURE
[002:02:58;253] THE SAFETY OF ALL THE
[002:02:59;220] AMERICAN CITIZENS.
[002:03:00;088] THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE
[002:03:01;455] POSSIBLE.
[002:03:02;123] THAT IS A DEDICATED EFFORT
[002:03:03;191] ON THE PART OF THE
[002:03:04;926] ADMINISTRATION.
[002:03:05;660] >> HOW FAR SHOULD THE
[002:03:06;560] UNITED STATES GO TO GET
[002:03:08;362] NORIEGA, IF THIS MAN SEEKS
[002:03:10;865] ASYLUM IN CUBA OR IN
[002:03:12;767] NICARAGUA, SHOULD WE PRO
[002:03:14;169] AND FOLLOW HIM?
[002:03:15;036] >> I THINK WE GO AS FAR AS
[002:03:17;839] WE LEGALLY CAN GO.
[002:03:19;607] OBVIOUSLY IF HE IS IN CUBA
[002:03:21;442] WE WILL NOT BE INVADING
[002:03:22;877] CUBA IN ORDER TO SEEK HIM.
[002:03:24;279] WE CAN TRY TO BRING
[002:03:28;016] DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE IF HE
[002:03:28;850] IS NOT WITHIN HIS OWN
[002:03:30;218] COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
[002:03:31;052] I THINK WE TRY AND FOLLOW
[002:03:32;954] THE LAW AS BEST WE CAN AND
[002:03:34;289] SEEK INTERNATIONAL
[002:03:36;089] COOPERATION.
[002:03:37;257] >> ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS
[002:03:38;725] OF URZ, SENATOR --
[002:03:40;127] WHAT IS AT THE TOP OF YOUR
[002:03:42;095] MIND THIS MORNING?
[002:03:43;396] >> OBVIOUSLY THE SAFETY OF
[002:03:44;431] THE AMERICANS WHO ARE
[002:03:45;732] THERE, THE SOLDIERS WAGEING
[002:03:47;201] THIS PARTICULAR WAR EFFORT
[002:03:48;202] NOW.
[002:03:49;569] AND, THE FUTURE
[002:03:50;904] RELATIONSHIP THAT WE WILL
[002:03:51;939] HAVE IN THAT REGION OF THE
[002:03:53;340] WORLD.
[002:03:53;974] I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS
[002:03:55;442] TRIED TO PURSUE A TWO-PRONG
[002:03:57;277] POLICY, ON ONE HAND
[002:03:58;812] INDICATING PATIENCE IS NOT
[002:04:00;747] ETERNAL IN THIS THIS
[002:04:02;115] PARTICULAR CASE, SHOWING
[002:04:03;483] THE SWORD BUT HOLDING OUT
[002:04:05;886] THE OLIVE BRANCH BY SAYING
[002:04:06;954] YOUR LIVES CAN BE BETTER
[002:04:08;322] UND -R THE DEMOCRATIC FORM
[002:04:10;590] OF GOVERNMENT WHICH YOU
[002:04:11;524] VOTED FOR.
[002:04:12;359] WE WILL LIFT THE ECONOMIC
[002:04:14;294] RESTRICTIONS AND TRY TO
[002:04:15;195] MAKE THE LIVES OF THE
[002:04:17;464] AVERAGE CITIZEN IN PANAMA
[002:04:18;899] BETTER.
[002:04:19;266] THAT WILL COME ABOUT WITH
[002:04:21;034] DEMOCRACY.
[002:04:21;434] A>> 24,000 AMERICAN TROOPS
[002:04:23;237] ARE IN PANAMA THIS MORNING.
[002:04:24;671] WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
[002:04:26;073] MANY OF THOSE OPERATIONS
[002:04:28;441] START TO CEASE AND THE MEN
[002:04:29;877] TO RETURN HOME?
[002:04:30;744] >> WOULD BE WANTS TO SEE
[002:04:32;545] THAT AS QUICKLY AS
[002:04:33;947] POSSIBLE.
[002:04:34;647] THE LONGER IT GOES ON THE
[002:04:35;682] GREATER THE POLITICAL
[002:04:37;951] OPPOSITION WILL BE.
[002:04:38;818] WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN
[002:04:39;719] STABILITY AS WELL.
[002:04:40;453] WE CANNOT GO IN AND PULL
[002:04:42;388] CK AND LEAVE THE FORCES
[002:04:43;389] WITHOUT A MEASURE OF
[002:04:45;624] STABILITY.
[002:04:46;025] I THINK THAT AS SOON AS WE
[002:04:47;360] CAN BUT ONLY AS RESPONSIBLY
[002:04:48;827] AS WE CAN.
[002:04:49;495] >> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT
[002:04:51;430] WE HAVE NOT HEARD THIS
[002:04:52;398] MORNING ANY REACTION FROM
[002:04:53;366] ANYONE WITHIN THE
[002:04:54;566] ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN
[002:04:56;002] STATES OR ANY OTHER CENTRAL
[002:04:58;804] AMERICAN LEADER LIKE ARIES?
[002:05:01;407] >> THEY ARE WAITING TO SEE
[002:05:03;342] HOW THIS UNFOLLOWEDS.
[002:05:05;278] THE PRESIDENT HAS WORKED
[002:05:06;712] CLOSELY TO TRY TO BUILD
[002:05:08;214] SUPPORT WITHIN THE OAS.
[002:05:10;082] HE PUR SUEDEED THE OAS TO
[002:05:12;952] CONDEMN NORIEGA'S REACTION
[002:05:14;887] IN NULLIFYING THE ELECTIONS
[002:05:16;822] LAST SPRING.
[002:05:17;556] THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT
[002:05:19;425] THE UNITED STATES IS DOING.
[002:05:20;393] THE LONGER THIS GOES ON WE
[002:05:22;361] CAN EXPECT CRITICISM TO
[002:05:23;762] START TO DEVELOP.
[002:05:25;031] >> THIS MORNING THE GENERAL
[002:05:27;400] OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
[002:05:28;801] STAFF SAID MANY OF THE
[002:05:30;136] MISSIONS HAD BEEN
[002:05:30;937] ACCOMPLISHED.
[002:05:31;404] YOU SAY HOW IT EVOLVES.
[002:05:33;039] WHAT ARE YOU --
[002:05:34;840] A QUIET SITUATION IN
[002:05:35;774] PANAMA, THE RETURN OF SOME
[002:05:36;775] OF THE HOSTAGES SOME OF
[002:05:38;077] THIS MORNING?
[002:05:38;911] >> I THINK GENERAL POWELL
[002:05:41;347] WHO GAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY
[002:05:45;084] BRIEFING ALONG WITH
[002:05:46;885] SECRETARY CHENEY SAID MANY
[002:05:48;253] OF THE MILITARY OBJECTIVES
[002:05:49;321] HAD BEEN SECURED.
[002:05:50;088] THAT DOES NOT MEAN
[002:05:51;457] EVERYONE'S SAFETY IS
[002:05:52;758] SECURITY NOR POLITICAL
[002:05:54;125] STABILITY WILL BE INSTANTLY
[002:05:55;527] ESTABLISHED.
[002:05:55;961] WH- WE HAVE TO SEE IS THE
[002:05:57;830] ESTABLISHMENT OF A
[002:05:59;130] DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WHICH
[002:06:00;031] WE BELIEVE WILL BE THE CASE
[002:06:01;467] AND TO THEN MAKE SURE THAT
[002:06:02;935] IT IS NOT UNDERMINED BY
[002:06:05;804] ACTS OF TERRORISTS AND
[002:06:07;806] NORIEGA'S FORCES HOW LOYAL
[002:06:08;841] THEY MIGHT REMAIN.
[002:06:09;741] IT WILL BE SOMETIME YET
[002:06:10;709] WHETHER WE CAN WIND DOWN
[002:06:12;578] THE MAJOR MILITARY ASPECTS
[002:06:14;079] OF IT QUICKLY REMAINS TO BE
[002:06:15;914] SEEN.
[002:06:17;015] THE MAJOR MILITARY
[002:06:18;350] OBJECTIVES APPEAR TO HAVE
[002:06:19;317] BEEN ACHIEVED ACCORDING TO
[002:06:23;622] GENERAL POWELL OTHERS WILL
[002:06:24;990] HAVE TO REMAIN ON THE
[002:06:25;924] SCHEDULE -FRMTS
[002:06:30;662] >> THE PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT
[002:06:33;499] UNFREEZING THE PANAMANIAN
[002:06:34;500] ASSETS IN THE UNITED
[002:06:36;167] STATES, WHAT OTHER STEPS
[002:06:37;035] ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN TO
[002:06:40;372] SPEED UP DEMOCRATIZATION?
[002:06:42;374] >> I THINK IT IS HARD TO
[002:06:44;242] SAY WHAT THE BUSH
[002:06:45;544] ADMINISTRATION HAS IN MIND.
[002:06:47;379] ONCE AGAIN, REINFORCING THE
[002:06:49;247] NOTION THAT UNDER A
[002:06:52;417] TYRANNY, A DICTATORSHIP,
[002:06:53;886] THAT THE LIVES OF THE
[002:06:55;119] PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEVERELY
[002:06:56;621] IMPAIRED.
[002:06:57;021] THEY ARE GR-G TO IMPROVE
[002:06:58;122] NOW .
[002:06:58;455] THE UNITED STATES IS
[002:06:59;524] PREPARED TO HELP IMPROVE
[002:07:02;259] THEM IN THE IMMEDIATE
[002:07:03;594] FUTURE.
[002:07:03;961] IT IS HARD TO SAY WHAT THE
[002:07:07;431] ECONOMIC SITUATION WILL BE
[002:07:08;332] OR THE SITUATION WILL BE.
[002:07:10;200] WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE
[002:07:12;036] IS A STABLE GOVERNMENT IN
[002:07:13;504] PLACE AND WE MINIMIZE THE
[002:07:15;339] TERROR RIFTS ACTIVITIES TO
[002:07:16;674] TRY AND TOPPLE THAT
[002:07:18;943] GOVERNMENT.
[002:07:19;376] >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
[002:07:20;645] THIS IS MORNING.
[002:07:22;179] HARRY?
[002:40:08;021] I JUST LOVE MAKING CUTE
[002:40:08;021] LITTLE DOLL CLOTHES,
[002:40:12;292] YOU GORGEOUS GREEN DOLL.
[002:40:14;760] YEAH. THAT IS BETTER...
[002:40:14;760] I THINK.
[002:40:22;369] R♪
[002:40:26;339] ♪ HOUSE OF FIRE
[002:40:29;509] ♪ YEAH
[003:22:15;687] WHO REALLY BELONG
[003:22:15;687] ON THIS STAGE.
[003:22:24;562] OK.
[003:22:27;465] WILL YOU GET OFF
[003:22:27;465] THE STAGE, SON?
[003:22:34;873] WILL YOU
[003:22:34;873] GET OFF THE STAGE?
[003:22:38;576] UH-0H.
[003:22:39;644] GET OFF THE STAGE!
[003:22:42;680] GET OFF THE STAGE!
[003:22:45;583] OH, COME ON, LUKE!
[003:22:59;764] ALL RIGHT.
[003:23:01;298] CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM
[003:23:01;298] WHO'LL BEAT ROCKFORD
[003:23:30;727] 
[003:23:30;727] NOW WE WAIT.
[003:23:32;263] FOR WHAT?
[003:23:34;398] DUNCAN'S DEALER
[003:23:34;398] TO SHOW.
[003:23:36;667] YOU NEVER MENTIONED
[003:23:36;667] A DRUG DEALER.
[003:23:39;603] WHO ELSE WOULD I
[003:23:39;603] PAY MONEY TO?
[003:23:39;603] JUST RELAX.
[003:23:44;175] WHEN IT'S OVER,
[003:23:44;175] MY DEPARTMENT
[003:23:44;175] WILL CLEAR YOU.
[003:23:48;011] THANKS.